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LONDON: Sky Movies has secured the rights for all six films in the Star Wars saga, planning a 48-hour marathon to launch the collection. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire …

LONDON: Emma Swain is taking a one-year break from her role as the BBC's controller of factual commissioning to take on the post of director of future commissioning, channels and online for BBC Television. Swain will continue to be a member of the TV board and will report to Danny …

MADRID: According to local reports, Telefónica has closed its agreement with Grupo Prisa for a 56 percent interest in pay-TV platform Canal+ Spain, worth 707 million euros ($792 million). The deal comes a week after Spain’s National Commission of Markets and Competition (known through its Spanish acronym, CNMC) approved Telefónica’s …

LONDON: UKTV’s entertainment channel Dave has ordered two new seasons of the classic sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf. The sitcom’s 11th and 12th seasons will begin production this fall and will air on the British network in 2016 and 2017. The original Red Dwarf first aired in 1988 on BBC Two. …

BRUSSELS: The European Commission has unveiled its detailed plans to create a Digital Single Market, which would effectively put in place a unified regulatory framework for the internet across the 28 E.U. member states. The Digital Single Market Strategy is built on three pillars: better access for consumers and businesses …

LONDON: Sky has added to its non-scripted team with the appointment of three new commissioners across entertainment and factual. Shirley Jones, Bill Hobbins and James Quinn will join the company this month to commission entertainment and factual content across the Sky portfolio of channels. Jones has held executive producer roles …

LONDON: all3media international has entered a first-look deal with U.K. indie Balloon Entertainment. The production outfit is led by Bryan Elsley, creator of the hit drama Skins, and Harry Enfield, a BAFTA-winning comedian, actor, writer and director. The company, which was formed in 2013, produces the comedy drama Dates for …

LONDON: The BAFTA TV Awards, which took place last night, saw Happy Valley scoring the win for drama series, while True Detective won the prize for international. Happy Valley beat out Line of Duty, The Missing and Peaky Blinders in the drama category. Georgina Campbell won for lead actress for …

PARIS: Cédric Hazard, formerly the head of international distribution at ARTE France, has joined PMA Film & Television to launch its French subsidiary. Hazard was with ARTE France for 11 years. With PMA Film & Television, he will be managing all operations of the French branch of the company. He …

BELGRADE/WARSAW: SPI International has secured carriage for eight channels from its FilmBox bouquet with Total TV in the Balkans. The channel lineup includes three movie networks—FilmBox HD, FilmBox Plus SD and FilmBox Arthouse SD—as well as DocuBox HD, Fast&FunBox HD and FightBox HD. The package will also feature two adult …